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Tí Bì Hú

提壁壶

Twenty years in the making, timeless in the pouring.

The Tí Bì Hú is a masterpiece of modern Yixing design, born from a remarkable collaboration between master potter Gu Jingzhou and Professor Gao Zhuang of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. Its sleek, disc-like form draws inspiration from the ancient jade bi — a flat, circular ritual object symbolizing heaven — giving this teapot a quietly cosmic elegance. Nearly two decades of sketching, sculpting, and refining went into perfecting its shape, making every curve feel inevitable.

Did You Know?

The lid of the Tí Bì Hú was redesigned as late as 1988 — a decade after the pot's main form was finalized — because Gu Jingzhou wasn't satisfied until every detail was just right.

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# Yixing Teapot Collection ## Tiliang Bihu (Handled Wall Pot) **Lid seal:** Jingzhou **Base seal:** Gu Jingzhou **Period:** 1956 --- **Lid seal:** Gu Jingzhou **Base seal:** Jingzhou Zhi Hu (Jingzhou Made Pot) **Handle seal:** **Period:** Late 1980s --- **Lid seal:** Gu Jingzhou **Base seal:** Jingzhou Qishi Hou Zuo (Made by Jingzhou After Age 70) **Period:** Late 1980s --- **Lid seal:** Gu Jingzhou **Base seal:** Jingzhou Zhi Hu (Jingzhou Made Pot) **Handle seal:** **Period:** Late 1980s

Original Chinese Text 原文

化 “提壁壹”,，由中央工艺美术学院高庄教授参与创作设计。从构思的草图到打坯成器, 历经数度修改, 直到 1978 年才最后定型,前后耗时二十年。 1988 年，又将盖面改为玉壁状, 创作了“玉璧盖提梁索”。 “提壁索”把中国玉文化深殖于整个壶体，温文尔雅，质朴美润。身简呈遍圆柱形，近底处微外撤，又折收成圆底,线条自然流畅。结构严谨，刚柔相济，线面明快流畅，结构比例匀称，虚实变化分明 ,做到了内容、形式和功能的协调统一，是紫砂材质、工艺与现代艺术设计之间一次完美的融合, 充分展示了紫砂的材质美、形式美、功能美、意境美。 1994 年, 顾景舟的“提壁索”入选中国邮政《宜兴紫砂陶》( 1994一5 ) 特种邮票。主避盖提庚过

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